News from 2010

07 oktober 2010
Koen's report about the Worlds in Australia

In the Youth categories I rode a lot of World and European championships but since I've moved into the Elite category 6 yearrs ago, I've never been selected for the Worlds. I was therefore really happy to....

17 september 2010
Tour of Britain Stages 5, 6 & 7
14 september 2010
Tour of Britain Stages 3 & 4
12 september 2010
Tour of Britain Stages 1 & 2
08 september 2010
To the Worlds

Nieuwegein, September 8th 2010 - The Dutch team for the Elite road race has been announced by national coach Leo van Vliet. The three remaining places will be filled by ....

05 september 2010
GP Jef Scherens

Yesterday I rode the GP Jef Scherens in Leuven, a real circuit race with repeatedly the same tough lap. The hills in the lap weren't that particularly difficult but because there were four hills per ....

25 augustus 2010
Preliminary Selection for the World Championships

On wednesday August 25th national coach Leo van Vliet announced the preliminary selection for the Dutch World Championships team that will contest the road race in Melbourne, Australia. Six riders are already definite of their selection while the remaining three places are to be decided from nine riders, including Koen. Click here for the full report.

20 augustus 2010
Eneco Tour Stage 2 & 3

The second stage in the Eneco Tour yesterday was a typical mass sprint stage. Before the start I thought that we would have a side wind but that didn't really happen and the stage was controlled behind ....

18 augustus 2010
Eneco Tour stage 1

After a fairly good prologue yesterday (I didn't take any risks in the corners) the first stage of the Eneco Tour took place today. 178km from Steenwijk to Rhenen with an uphill finish on the ....

15 augustus 2010
Vattenfall Cyclassics

After a weeks' rest after the Tour of Denmark, a ProTour classic was scheduled for today. The Vattenfall Cyclassics in Hamburg has always been a good race for me. A tough finale with ....

06 augustus 2010
Tour of Denmark stage 3

Today we were to go to the highest point in Denmark (at 170m) as part of a tough final circuit so it was to be a tough stage. It took ages before a group got away and ....

05 augustus 2010
Tour of Denmark stage 2

After a great first stage along the Danish coastline, today we cycled completely inland. Unfortunately the stage began just as ......

04 augustus 2010
Tour of Denmark stage 1

For the first time in my life I'm in Denmark. Due to the fact that I'm in my 6th year as a professional it doesn't happen too often nowadays that ...

28 juli 2010
Contract extension

Koen will also be a part of the Skil-Shimano team in 2011. Read the press report ..

18 juni 2010
Ster Elektrotoer third day
17 juni 2010
First two days of Ster Elektrotoer
15 juni 2010
Video of training Skil-Shimano in Mallorca

Recently a video of a training by the Skil-Shimano team was published on the internet.

30 mei 2010
Tour of Belgium 4th & 5th stage

Yesterday I was really disappointed about my time trial. I know that I've got good form and I've trained a lot on my time trial bike but I made a stupid mistake. I started the time .. Read more.

28 mei 2010
Tour of Belgium 3rd stage

The longest stage of the Tour of Belgium, 197 completely flat kilometres from the coast going inland. There was a fair bit of wind at the start but as this was only really around .... Read more.

27 mei 2010
Tour of Belgium 2nd stage

After the brutal weather yesterday, today it was a lot nicer out with sun, blue skies and hardly any wind. Luckily it stayed dry for ... Read more.

26 mei 2010
Tour of Belgium 1st stage
16 mei 2010
Tour de Picardie 3rd stage

The misfortunate of not having the yellow jersey was also a big motivation to try and get the stage win of the third and final stage of the Tour de Picardie. Early on in the stage six riders... read more.

15 mei 2010
Tour de Picardie 2nd stage

With Kenny in the yellow jersey, the team set out for the second stage of the Tour de Picardie. That meant that it was our responsibility to control the race. We tried... read more.

14 mei 2010
Tour de Picardie

After the Amstel Gold Race, I took a break from competition. First I took a rest after the first half of the season and after ... read more.

18 april 2010
Amstel Gold Race

I cant say the preparation for the only pro-tour one day race in The Netherlands has been perfect, it has actually.....read more.

11 april 2010
Paris-Roubaix

My favourite race of the year, the hardest classic of them all: Paris-Roubaix. I have always loved watching...........read more.

28 maart 2010
Gent-Wevelgem

On Sunday March 28 Lars took part in the ProTour Classic Gent-Wevelgem.

11 maart 2010
Parijs-Nice stage 3 & 4

In the race to the sun it seems to get colder every day. Yesterday in stage 3 the organisation decided to take ....read more.

09 maart 2010
Paris-Nice stage 2

After the disappointment of yesterday I really wanted to show my good legs today so I did something today I have never done.....read more.

08 maart 2010
Parijs-Nice proloog and stage 1

Paris-Nice has started with an 8km prologue in very cold and windy weather. Of course an 8km time trial is not a place....read more

06 maart 2010
Stage 4 Besseges

Today I made a big mistake. We had the hardest stage of Besseges today, 2 climbs of 1st categorie and 3 other...................read more.

28 februari 2010
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne

The official opening of the North - European season was last weekend in Belgium. I was very excited about these races because......read more.

13 februari 2010
Stage 4 Tour Med

Not often in my career have I done such a confusing race. I hope someone can explain me soon what exactly...........read more.

12 februari 2010
Stage 2 & 3 Tour Med

After missing the first group in the 1st stage of Le Tour Med, but having good legs, I really wanted to get a good result.........read more.

10 februari 2010
Mediterraneen stage 1

Todays stage 1 in the tour de Mediterraneen was already going to be a very interesting one as the race distance of only.....read more

05 februari 2010
stage 2 and 3 Bessèges

In the morning before stage 2 it was really overcast and dark and we all feared it was going to be a very rainy stage but it turned..... read more.

03 februari 2010
stage 1 Besseges

For the first stage of the first stagerace of the year we had a long transfer from the hotel to the start. We're all the way..................read more.

31 januari 2010
GP Marseillaise

The first race of the year was for the first time in my professional career a cold one. I have always started the season in one.....read more.

19 januari 2010
Training camp

One of the only times in the year we've got the whole team together is during the training camp. It's a great way to catch up after the off-season and to get to know the new riders on the team. Of course we've had a photo session and.......................

15 januari 2010
Training in the cold

I've been back in The Netherlands for nearly a week now and it's been a very cold week. When I left Melbourne it was nearly 40 degrees Celsius and as I touched down in The Netherlands it was 8 degrees below zero (at 6am) with snow everywhere. A big temperature shock!..........................................

04 januari 2010
1-Australia

It's been a very long time since my last post, especially in English, but I'm going to try to write a whole lot more this year. The plan is to make a blog-like page for my website with some good behind-the-scenes.........................